# Transfer products between warehouses using replenishment

> For companies that use multiple warehouses, it is often necessary to transfer items between them. This is referred to as an inter-warehouse transfer.

Fonte: https://docs.kmee.com.br/en/odoo/modules/estoque/transferir-produtos-entre-armazens-por-reposicao/

For companies that use multiple warehouses, it is often necessary to transfer items between them. This is referred to as an *inter-warehouse transfer*. Odoo *Inventory* handles the administrative process of inter-warehouse transfers to ensure that inventory counts remain accurate during and after the transfer. This document will detail the method for conducting an inter-warehouse transfer using replenishment.

## Configure warehouses for inter-warehouse replenishment

First, ensure the **Multi-Step Routes** setting is enabled by navigating to **Inventory -> Configuration -> Settings**, and then check the box under the **Warehouse** tab. This will provide additional configuration options when creating a second warehouse that are needed for inter-warehouse replenishment.

By default, Odoo comes with a main warehouse already configured. If an additional warehouse has not already been created, do so now from the **Inventory** module by selecting **Configuration -> Warehouses -> Create**. Otherwise, select the warehouse that products will be transferred to from the **Warehouses** page and then click **Edit** to change its settings. Configure the warehouse as follows:

- **Warehouse**: choose a name that is not already being used for another warehouse (e.g. `Alternative Warehouse`)
- **Short Name**: choose a short name by which the warehouse will be identified (e.g. `ALT_WH`)

Click **Save** and the new warehouse will be created. In addition, a new **Resupply From** field will appear on the warehouse's form. Click **Edit** and then check the box next to the warehouse that will be used to resupply the warehouse that is currently being configured.

![A warehouse settings form configured to allow resupplying between warehouses.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/new-warehouse-configuration.png)

Note

For the purposes of this demonstration, the warehouse that products are transferred from (outgoing) will be titled "San Francisco", and the warehouse that products are transferred to (incoming) will be titled "San Francisco 2".

## Configure products for inter-warehouse replenishment

Products must also be configured properly in order for them to be transferred between warehouses. Navigate to **Inventory -> Products -> Products** and select an existing product or **Create** a new one, if necessary.

Then, on the product form, go to the **Inventory** tab and enable the checkbox for **X: Supply Product from Y**, with *X* being the warehouse receiving the transferred products and *Y* being the warehouse that products are transferred from.

![Enable the checkbox to resupply one warehouse from another.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/product-transfer-configuration.png)

## Replenish one warehouse from another

Starting in the **Inventory** module, select **Products -> Products** and then choose the product that will be replenished. Click the **Replenish** button on the top left of the product page and fill out the pop-up form as follows:

- **Quantity**: the number of units that will be sent to the warehouse being replenished
- **Scheduled Date**: the date that the replenishment is scheduled to take place
- **Warehouse**: the warehouse that will be replenished
- **Preferred Routes**: select `X: Supply Product from Y`, with *X* being the warehouse to be replenished and *Y* being the warehouse that the product will be transferred from

![The form for replenishing a product.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/product-replenishment-form.png)

Click **Confirm** and a delivery order will be created for the outgoing warehouse along with a receipt for the warehouse that will receive the product. Depending on the configuration settings for the outgoing and incoming warehouses, processing delivery orders and receipts will require between one and three steps. This document will detail how to process one-step deliveries and receipts.

### Process the delivery order

The first stage of a replenishment order is processing the delivery from the warehouse that the product is being transferred from. On the **Inventory** dashboard, select the **X to Process** button on the **Delivery Orders** card for the outgoing warehouse, then the delivery order created for the replenishment. On the delivery order page, click the **Check Availability** button in the top left to reserve the quantity of the product to be transferred. Once the delivery has been dispatched, click the **Validate** button to register the quantities shipped.

![The delivery orders card for the outgoing warehouse.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/delivery-orders-card.png)

### Process the receipt

Once the goods arrive at the incoming warehouse, the receipt created for that warehouse must be processed as well. Return to the **Inventory** dashboard and select the **X to Process** button on the **Receipts** card for the incoming warehouse, then the receipt created for the replenishment. On the receipt page, click the **Validate** button in the top left of the page to register the quantities received.

![The delivery orders card for the outgoing warehouse.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/receipts-card.png)

After processing the receipt, the products transferred will now appear in the inventory of the incoming warehouse. The stock numbers for both warehouses can be viewed by returning to the product page and selecting the **X Units On Hand** button at the top of the screen.

## Automate inter-warehouse replenishment

Using reordering rules, it is possible to automate the process of replenishing one warehouse from another.

To get started, navigate to **Inventory -> Products -> Products**, and then choose the product that will be replenished. From the product page, select the **Reordering Rules** smart button at the top of the form, and then on the next page, click **Create** to configure the form as follows:

- **Location**: the location that the reordering rule will replenish when triggered, in this case, the incoming warehouse
- **Min Quantity**: when the quantity on hand at the incoming warehouse falls below this number, the reordering rule will be triggered
- **Max Quantity**: when the reordering rule is triggered, the product will be replenished at the incoming warehouse up to this quantity
- **Multiple Quantity**: specify if the product should be replenished in batches of a certain quantity; for example, a product could be replenished in batches of 20
- **UoM**: the unit of measure used for reordering the product; this value can simply be `Units`, or a specific unit of measurement for weight, length, etc.

![A fully configured reordering rule.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/warehouses_storage/replenishment/warehouse_replenishment_transfer/reordering-rule-configuration.png)

Finish by clicking **Save** and the reordering rule will be created. Now, when the scheduler runs automatically each day, a transfer will be created for each reordering rule that has been triggered.

Tip

To manually trigger reordering rules, start from the **Inventory** module and select **Operation -> Run Scheduler**, then click the green **Run Scheduler** button in the pop-up that appears.

After the scheduler runs, a delivery order and receipt will be created for the outgoing and incoming warehouses, respectively. Both the delivery order and receipt should be processed using the same method as detailed above.